douglas john cater (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. VERY GOOD+ In a very good+ dust jacket. No marks noted. Binding is tight and square. xxv, 241 pages ; 22 cm. . . . . . . . FROM THE DUST JACKET FLAP: Cater's reminiscences of his Civil War experiences, simply titled As It Was, comprises a superbly detailed and colorful description of a soldiers life in the ranks of the Third Texas Cavalry and the Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry. In the early chapters of As It Was, Cater describes his youthful experiences, including his family life, education, hunting, and other pleasant pastimes, plantation activities and relationships with slaves, as well as social conditions. These chapters are valuable for their honest views of life in the late antebellum northwestern Louisiana and northeastern Texas. In early May 1861 a wealthy Rusk County planter, Richard H. Cumby, began recruiting a company of volunteers to serve as cavalrymen. More than one hundred men, including Douglas John Cater, answered the call. Representing the cream of Rusk County's young male population, they would be designated as Company B of Col. Elkanah Greer's Third Texas Cavalry, formed the following month in Dallas. Cater served with the Third Texas Cavalry in the Battle of Wilson's Creek and Elkhorn Tavern. In June 1862, Douglas Cater transferred to the Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry to be with his brother Rufus, and remained with that unit until the end of the war. He participated in the Battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Franklin, and Nashville.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 272 pages. 6.75x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. A Fine edition in a Fine dust-jacket that has a previous owner's gift inscription on the front flyleaf ; This memoir is written by Douglas John Cater, who served in the Third Texas Cavalry and the Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry during the American Civil War. As it Was is a unique perspective on the war, as Cater was born into a slave family in Kentucky before the war and had to flee to escape the fighting. He tells the story of his experiences in the war, from his recruitment into the cavalry to his time spent on the battlefield. As it Was is an excellent book for anyone interested in the Civil War, and it is also an excellent read for those who are descendants of slaves.; 8vo; 241 pages.